Rake cleaning



Patented July 30, 1935 UNITED s-rATEs PATENT OFFICE RAKE CLEANING ATT CHENT Nelson Snyder, Grandville, Mich., assignor' of one-half to FrancesSnyder, -Grandville, Mich.

Application July 16, 1934, Serial No. 735,337

' 4 Claims. (Cl,- 55' 14s This invention relates generally to a rake andtrol the engagement of the cleaning bar with the more particularlytomeans for automatically oun l$i the upper ends of the two U-cleaningthe. same. Also, this means serves as a shaped bracketconnecting members serve as cleaning blade in some instances, means for'forcibly driving the cleaning bar I am aware that there are any d i ofalong the tines of the rake if this should be de- 5 this generalcharacter but my invention re rer H w v r, his is l m n s y. sentsseveral very substantial im rovements over O er dv n s nd o j s will menthese devices. These reasons will become apparent a the descriptionproceedsparent as the description proceeds. In t d a 1 Brieflydescribed, my invention consists of a Fig. 1 is a perspective View Of y'cn s 10 ht bar of suitable cross section with two pp ed to a rake.

U-shaped bracket members pivotally fastened Fig. 2 is a rear view of mydevice.

thereto and adapted to extend around the back g. 3 s a ec a V w ta alongt line of the rake and then downwardly on the oppo- 33 of Fig. 1.

5 site side thereof and terminating in inturned 4 is a c al w takenalong t line ends having recesses therein to permit slidable f Figandadjustable en t of t of th tines of Like numerals refer to like parts inthe several the rake therewith. The straight bar is normally views.

positioned closely adjacent to the ends 'of the n th drawin n m ral 0 ina h blade tines. of a rake, having tines H, and this blade is con- 20One primary adv t 111 be Obtained by my tinued in arms I2 whichterminate adjacent each constru tio namely th bar is raised only aother, see Fig. l, and are securely held in a handle relatively shortdistance as the rake is utilized by means of ferrule and thus the deadgrass, leaves, and the like, AS Shown in the d a a bar I5, 0frectanwhich become entangled with the ends of the gulal' cross s is l dadjacent the Outer 25 tines, are only permitted to slide upwardly alongfaces 0f the several tines and s l ps 16 a the tines a minimum distance.In other words, extend OVel the blade The members see the cleaning barrides along over the top of the Figs- 3 and 4 particularly, ave Outerarms ll grass which is being raked and does not raise aind inner s abovethis plane and consequently the weight of The arm 17 i p v d asindicated at I9 onto 30 the bar maintains the leaves, dead grass, andthe cleaning 15 n thus the p d mthe like at the lower points of thetines. As her it s m va e relative to the bar I 5. The the rake islifted after each stroke, the weight other a 3 0f the member I! has itslower end of the bar causes the material on the tinesto be turnedinWaidly d terminates in the p d disengaged therefrom and this occursupon the prongs these prongs straddling One Of the es 35 initial liftingof the rake at each end of its e F 3. operating or cleaning stroke.Thus, there is no e U-shaped member l6 may be f rmed f accumulation ofmaterial upon the tines of the yieldable or bendable material and thusthe cleanrake, ing bar may be slid to position by moving the Anotheradvantage follows from the use of my arms [8 t0 the dotted line positionas shown in 40 improved appliance. That is, the bar is normally Fig. 4.When the device is p d in p i p n located very closely adjacent to thepointed a rake the bar I5, as shown in Fig. 2, is located ends of theseveral tines and the rake can conclose to the e ds of h tines d tdevice y sequently be utilized to rake small stones, pebslide p y sShown in 4 else y bles, acorns and the like inasmuch as these obslideupwardly n il t prongs 0 engage under- 45 jects do not cause raising ofthe cleaning bar. a h the bar l0. 7

Another advantage resides in the fact that the It will be noted that theprongs 20 are spaced bar is of simple construction and also the otherapart so as to provide proper clearance theretwo elements of the deviceare very easily manubetween for the tine H and this fact, togetherfactured and thus I obtain the desirable atwith the pivotal mounting ofthe clip I6, permit 50 tributes of ease and economy of manufacture.attachment of my device to rakes having tines Yet another advantageresides in the positionof different sp us y attachment s ing of thecleaning bar at the rear of the tines universal in character. wherebythe user may tilt the rake handle up- From the above necessarily briefdescription, it wardly more or less in order to somewhat con- Will beappreciated that I have inventively cre- 55 July 30, 1935. E, VAN DERPYL 2,009,595

ANTISLIPPING TREAD UNIT Filed June 27, 1932 al K E a Qit;

